Resolving conflicts between people and canada geese: the need for comprehensive management approaches
Canada geese have become established and are now numerous enough in many urban and suburban areas that conflicts with humans have become frequent. Although potential threats to human health are often cited as a justification to manage goose populations, currently available science suggests that this...
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ftcdlib:qt57j132jq 2023-05-15T15:46:18+02:00 Resolving conflicts between people and canada geese: the need for comprehensive management approaches Hadidian, John 175 - 179 2002-01-01 application/pdf http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/57j132jq english eng eScholarship, University of California qt57j132jq http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/57j132jq public Hadidian, John. (2002). Resolving conflicts between people and canada geese: the need for comprehensive management approaches. Proceedings of the Vertebrate Pest Conference, 20(20), 175 - 179. doi:10.5070/V420110156. Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/57j132jq Branta canadensis animal welfare roundup and slaughter human-wildlife conflicts Canada geese egg addling Life Sciences article 2002 ftcdlib https://doi.org/10.5070/V420110156 2019-04-05T22:52:13Z Canada geese have become established and are now numerous enough in many urban and suburban areas that conflicts with humans have become frequent. Although potential threats to human health are often cited as a justification to manage goose populations, currently available science suggests that this is not a serious issue. This leaves the primary concern as one of aesthetics– people do not like having to deal with what can sometimes be copious amounts of goose droppings. Animal welfare interests have questioned the humaneness of different roundup and killing programs, and advocated non-lethal approaches and egg addling. Both approaches currently are being practiced in a number of different communities without, unfortunately, much being done to systematically monitor or evaluate them. This paper addresses some of the more controversial issues surrounding resident Canada goose management from an animal welfare perspective and touches on some of the different management approaches currently being practiced as examples of the need for better overall coordination and comparison of management approaches. Article in Journal/Newspaper Branta canadensis Canada Goose University of California: eScholarship Canada Slaughter ENVELOPE(-85.633,-85.633,-78.617,-78.617) Proceedings of the Vertebrate Pest Conference 20 |
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Canada geese have become established and are now numerous enough in many urban and suburban areas that conflicts with humans have become frequent. Although potential threats to human health are often cited as a justification to manage goose populations, currently available science suggests that this is not a serious issue. This leaves the primary concern as one of aesthetics– people do not like having to deal with what can sometimes be copious amounts of goose droppings. Animal welfare interests have questioned the humaneness of different roundup and killing programs, and advocated non-lethal approaches and egg addling. Both approaches currently are being practiced in a number of different communities without, unfortunately, much being done to systematically monitor or evaluate them. This paper addresses some of the more controversial issues surrounding resident Canada goose management from an animal welfare perspective and touches on some of the different management approaches currently being practiced as examples of the need for better overall coordination and comparison of management approaches. |
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